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Remanufacturing method for process cartridge, process cartridge and image forming apparatus

a technology of process cartridges and forming apparatuses, which is applied in the direction of electrographic process apparatuses, instruments, optics, etc., can solve the problems of inconvenient user sid

Inactive Publication Date: 2001-08-07
CANON KK
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It is another object of the present invention to provide a process cartridge re-manufacturing method, a process cartridge and an image forming apparatus, which are simple.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a process cartridge re-manufacturing method by which the resources can be effectively used, and the environmental problems decreased.

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In such an apparatus, maintenance operations for various parts have to be performed by an expert service man with resulting inconveniences on the user side.

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Next, alternative embodiments of various portions in the image forming apparatus and process cartridge will be described referring to drawings, wherein the portions having the same functions as those in the first embodiment described hereinbefore will be designated by the same reference symbols.

(Image Bearing Member)

In the first embodiment, organic semiconductor (OPC) is used as the material for the photosensitive layer of the image bearing member, but the material is not limited by this example. For example, the material may be amorphous silicon (A-Si), selenium (Se), zinc oxide (ZnO), cadmium sulfide (CdS), or the like.

In the first embodiment, the reinforcing member 9c4 is press-fitted into the hollowed portion 9c3 of the flange gear 9c as shown in FIG. 9, as a means for preventing the flange gear 9c from being deformed by the load exerted on it as the driving force is transmitted, but the present invention is not limited by this example. Just adding ribs or the lie to the flange ...

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Abstract

A remanufacturing method of a process cartridge detachably mountable to an image forming apparatus includes disassembling the process cartridge into a first frame having a developer accommodating portion for accommodating a developer and a second frame having a developer carrying member for carrying the developer supplied from the developer accommodating portion toward an image bearing member, thus exposing an opening of the first frame for permitting movement of the developer from the first frame to the second frame; removing residual which is resulted from a covering member having been used for sealing the opening and which remains around the opening, wherein the covering member has a sealing portion for sealing the opening and an extension for permitting the sealing portion to be torn with a part thereof remaining around the opening to open the opening, by pulling the extension, wherein the residual is a part of the sealing portion; mounting a fresh covering member to seal the opening; then supplying the developer accommodating portion with a fresh developer; and then engaging the first and second frames together.

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION AND RELATED ARTThe present invention relates to a process cartridge remanufacturing or recycling method, a process cartridge and an image forming apparatus to which the process cartridge is detachably mountable.The image forming apparatus includes a laser beam printer, LED printer, an electrophotographic copying machine, a facsimile machine and a word processor, for example.In an image forming apparatus such as a printer, a uniformly charged photosensitive drum is selectively exposed to light so that a latent image is formed, and the latent image is visualized by toner into a toner image, which in turn is transferred onto a recording material. In such an apparatus, maintenance operations for various parts have to be performed by an expert service man with resulting inconveniences on the user side.In view of this, a photosensitive drum, a charger, a developing device and a cleaning device or the like, are unified into a cartridge. In this case the user, by load...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G03G21/18G03G15/08
CPCG03G21/181G03G15/0894G03G2221/1853G03G2215/00987G03G15/00G03G15/08
Inventor FUJIWARA, YASUOKAWAGUCHI, HIDESHIMIYAKE, HIROAKINOMURA, YOSHIYAMATSUDA, KENJI
Owner CANON KK
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